AppleScript
Speech parts
1. AppleScript - Noun
2. AppleScript - Proper noun
Meaning
AppleScript
(programming) A Mac OS scripting tool used to create scripts and applets.
AppleScript (plural AppleScripts)
(computing) A script written in this language.
Examples
A few languages like AppleScript incorporate placeholders in the exception handler syntax for automatically extracting several pieces of information when the exception occurs.
AppleScript also has a native graphical programming front-end called Automator, released with Mac OS X 10.4, codenamed Tiger, in April 2005.
Apple built their system-wide scripting engine AppleScript on a language similar to HyperTalk; it is often used for DTP workflow automation needs.
But for all its power, AppleScript has always been a bit esoteric.
Copying this character from the and pasting it into the AppleScript file name creates a much more convincing file extension.
In this small, two-part series, I'll detail how a hacker could create a file that appears to be an ordinary PDF file but is actually a Trojanized AppleScript that will silently execute malicious code on a target MacBook or other Mac computer.